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As of [7967] we have merged newforms-admin into trunk. Here is list of things that have changed:

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A lot has changed in this branch. Let's start with the syntax for URLconfs:

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{{{

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#!python

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# OLD:

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from django.conf.urls.defaults import *

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urlpatterns = patterns('',

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(r'^admin/', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')),

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# NEW:

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from django.conf.urls.defaults import *

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from django.contrib import admin

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admin.autodiscover()

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urlpatterns = patterns('',

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(r'^admin/(.*)', admin.site.root),

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}}}

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Note that, in this above URLconf example, we're dealing with the object {{{django.contrib.admin.site}}}. This is an instance of {{{django.contrib.admin.AdminSite}}}, which is a class that lets you specify admin-site functionality. The object {{{django.contrib.admin.site}}} is a default {{{AdminSite}}} instance that is created for you automatically, but you can also create other instances as you see fit.

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We use the {{{admin.autodiscover()}}} call above to force the import of the {{{admin.py}}} module of each {{{INSTALLED_APPS}}} entry. This won't be needed if you use your own {{{AdminSite}}} instance since you will likely be importing those modules explicily in a project-level {{{admin.py}}}. This was added in [7872].

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Previously, there was one "global" version of the admin site, which used all models that contained a {{{class Admin}}}. This new scheme allows for much more fine-grained control over your admin sites, allowing you to have multiple admin sites in the same Django instance.